Text Entry for Electronic Devices

a text entry and electronic device technology, applied in surveying and navigation, instruments, navigation instruments, etc., can solve the problems of slow and inaccurate process of recognizing and achieve the effect of processing the entry of a series of characters faster

Active Publication Date: 2009-12-10
CONVERSANT WIRELESS LICENSING LTD
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[0005]This provides the advantage that each character input is associated with a different one of the plurality of discrete areas. This allows the processor to recognize each character input independently of other character inputs so that a user can make new inputs while, at the same time, the processor can recognize the previous character inputs. This makes the process of entering a series of characters quicker and mimics the process of normal handwriting.
[0008]According to another embodiment of the present invention there is provided a graphical user interface, comprising a display, that: enables the detection of a first input associated with a first one of a plurality of discrete areas of the display for entering characters on the display; and enables the recognition of the first input in the first one of the plurality of discrete areas as a first character input while a second one of the plurality of discrete areas is operable to detect a second input for recognition as a second character input, the recognition of the second character input occurring separately to the recognition of the first character input.

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Problems arise when inputting a series of characters, for example a word or a telephone number, into such devices, as the process of recognizing a series of characters can often be slow and inaccurate.

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[0023]A method of controlling the device 1, according to the present invention, is illustrated schematically in FIG. 2.

[0024]At step 21 the processor 3 controls the display 11 to present to a user a plurality of discrete areas 53 for inputting a series of characters 59 using handwriting recognition. A character 59 may be any written symbol which is used to convey information. For example a character 59 may be any roman character, punctuation mark, Arabic numeral, numerical symbol or Chinese character. A character may also be a shorthand or abbreviated symbol used to represent a character or a group of characters.

[0025]The plurality of discrete areas 53 may be displayed as a series of demarcated areas on the display 11. The demarcated areas may extend contiguously along an axis such that the process of inputting a series of characters in the areas mimics that of ordinary handwriting.

[0026]At step 23 the processor 3 detects the initiation stage of a character input. The initiation sta...

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[0045]At step 71 the touch sensitive display 11 presents to a user a GUI 91. An example of a GUI 91 suitable for use with this second embodiment is illustrated in FIG. 5. At step 73 the processor 3 detects a first input. This input may be, for example, holding a pen or stylus on the GUI 91 for a predetermined length of time.

[0046]In response to the detection of this first input the processor 3 controls the display, 11, at step 75, to present to a user, a plurality of discrete areas 97 for character input using handwriting recognition. These areas may be displayed on the display 11 as a series of boxes as illustrated in FIG. 5.

[0047]At step 77 the processor 3 detects a further input. This input may be the initiation stage of a character input or a gesture input, that is, it may be the user touching the display 11 with a pen or stylus. At step 78 the processor 3 determines whether or not this input occurred inside one of the plurality of discrete areas 97. If the input occurred within...

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Abstract

A method of inputting a series of characters into an electronic device 1 comprising a display 11, the method comprising: detecting a first input associated with a first one of a plurality of discrete areas 53 of the display 11 for entering characters on the display 11; and recognizing the first input in the first one of the plurality of discrete areas 53 as a first character input 59 while a second one of the plurality of discrete areas 53 is operable to detect a second input for recognition as a second character input 59, the recognition of the second character input 59 occurring separately to the recognition of the first character input 59.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is the U.S. National Stage of International Application Number PCT / IB005 / 004018 filed on Dec. 8, 2005 which was published in English on Jun. 14, 2007 under International Publication Number WO 2007 / 066168.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]Embodiments of the present invention relate to improved text entry for electronic devices. In particular, they relate to a method for text entry into an electronic device, an electronic device, a memory stored with program instructions for controlling an electronic device and a graphical user interface.BACKGROUND TO THE INVENTION[0003]Handwriting recognition is often used to allow a user to input information into electronic devices. Problems arise when inputting a series of characters, for example a word or a telephone number, into such devices, as the process of recognizing a series of characters can often be slow and inaccurate.SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION[0004]According to one embodiment of the ...

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IPC IPC(8): G06K9/00G06F3/041G06F3/048G06F3/0488
CPCG01C21/3682G06F3/0412G06K9/222G06F3/04883G06V30/1423
InventorYIPU, GAO
OwnerCONVERSANT WIRELESS LICENSING LTD